The French Revolution in San Domingo
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: April 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781417902170
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); World history; History - General History; History; History: World; France; Europe - France; Europe - Spain & Portugal; Modern - 18th Century; History / France; History-Europe - Spain & Portugal; History-Modern - 18th Century
First sentence: THE European voyager who, on a morning of early 1789, raised the eastern cape of the island of San Domingo and sailed along its northern shore, had before his eyes substantially the panorama of to-day: a wall of high green hills, clothed with forests and backed by glimpses of mountain-peaks far in the hazy distance.